TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Connected

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking and Vocabulary In this linking words game, students discuss various topics using
Game: guided specific linking words and phrases.
discussions (group work)
Procedure
Focus Divide the students into groups of four.
Linking words and
Give each group a set of topic cards and a set of linking word
phrases
cards.

Ask the students to shuffle both sets of cards separately and

Aim
place them face-down on the desk in two piles.
To discuss various topics
using specific linking Each student takes a linking word card from the corresponding
words and phrases. pile.

The first topic card is turned over for everyone to see, e.g.
Preparation ambitions.
Make one set of topic
The students then have a conversation about the topic on the
cards and one set of
card for two minutes.
linking word cards for
each group of four and
As the students talk, they try to naturally work a sentence into
cut as indicated.
the conversation that uses the linking word or phrase in their
hand.
Level
For example, if a student had a linking word card that read
Upper-intermediate (B2) although, the student might say 'I love to act. Although I want to
be a famous actor, I will probably be an engineer.'

Time When a student successfully uses their linking word or phrase

35 minutes in the conversation, they score a point and take another linking
word card from the pile and continue, trying to use the next
linking word or phrase.

After a couple of minutes, the conversation ends and the students

place all the linking word cards back in the pile and reshuffle
them.

The process is then repeated with the next topic card.

The game continues until all the topic cards have been used.

The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

This game can also be used as an icebreaker or get to know you

game on the first day of class.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Connected

Topic cards

ambitions family and friends TV and films

food and drink free time activities holidays

jobs and work sports music

your childhood accomplishments languages

weather and climate where you are from likes and dislikes

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Linking word cards

although just like as a result

since so such as

because because of despite

even if for instance however

but also though

as well as in fact instead of

before besides especially

on the other hand so that due to

unless while whereas

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